org.crosswire.common.util
Class MsgBase

java.lang.Object
  org.crosswire.common.util.MsgBase

Direct Known Subclasses:

BDMsg, CWMsg, CWOtherMsg, GPLMsg, JSMsg, JSOtherMsg, LGPLMsg, Msg

public class MsgBase
extends Object

A base class for implementing type safe internationalization (i18n) that is easy for most cases. See org.crosswire.common.util.Msg for an example of how to inherit from here.

Author:

Joe Walker [joe at eireneh dot com], DM Smith [dmsmith555 at yahoo dot com]

See Also:

for license details.
The copyright to this program is held by it's authors.

Field Summary

private static Logger	log The log stream
private static Map<String,ResourceBundle>	resourceMap Resource map maintains a mapping of class names to resources found by that name.
private ResourceBundle	resources If there is any internationalization to be done, it is thru this
private NumberShaper	shaper Internationalize numbers

Constructor Summary

protected

MsgBase() Create a MsgBase object

Method Summary

protected void	loadResources() Initialize any resource bundles
String	lookup(String key, Object... params) Get the internationalized text, but return key if key is unknown.
private String	obtainString(String key)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

resourceMap

private static Map<String,ResourceBundle> resourceMap

Resource map maintains a mapping of class names to resources found by that name.

resources

private ResourceBundle resources

If there is any internationalization to be done, it is thru this

shaper

private NumberShaper shaper

Internationalize numbers

log

private static final Logger log

The log stream

Constructor Detail

MsgBase

protected MsgBase()

Create a MsgBase object

Method Detail

lookup

public String lookup(String key,
                     Object... params)

Get the internationalized text, but return key if key is unknown.

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

the internationalized text

loadResources

protected final void loadResources()

Initialize any resource bundles

obtainString

private String obtainString(String key)